China’s Tencent Adds Sony Music Deal

December 16, 2014 12:41 PM

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The will give it rights to acts including Avril Lavigne, Daft Punk and Bob Dylan as well as Chinese performers Lang Lang and Johanna Wang. The deal will also see Tencent promote the artists on its online platforms and social networks. Tencent controls both WeChat and QQ.

QQ Music has a claimed 100 million monthly active users, while QQ itself is used by 820 million.